The Frame Narrative (Junior Cert English): Quizzes
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What is a frame narrative?
What is a frame narrative?
A story told within another story
How is the film's frame narrative described?
How is the film's frame narrative described?
Straightforward and charming
How does the book's frame narrative differ from the film's?
How does the book's frame narrative differ from the film's?
It is much more complex and layered
What age is Goldman's fictional persona approaching in the novel?
What age is Goldman's fictional persona approaching in the novel?
40
Who is S. Morgenstern?
Who is S. Morgenstern?
A fictional author created by Goldman
What is metafiction?
What is metafiction?
Fiction addressing devices of fiction
What contrast does the frame narrative create?
What contrast does the frame narrative create?
Mundane adult reality vs childhood fantasy
What phrase represents the narrator's lost belief?
What phrase represents the narrator's lost belief?
True love and high adventure
What do the narrator's interruptions prevent?
What do the narrator's interruptions prevent?
Complete absorption in the fantasy
How did reading The Princess Bride as a child affect the narrator?
How did reading The Princess Bride as a child affect the narrator?
Made him believe in true love and adventure
What does the frame suggest about stories despite the narrator's cynicism?
What does the frame suggest about stories despite the narrator's cynicism?
They remain important
What does the frame narrative make The Princess Bride become?
What does the frame narrative make The Princess Bride become?
A meditation on storytelling itself